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LOU KOLLER FROM SICK OF IT ALL’S QUINTESSENTIAL GUIDE TO HARDCORE – DAY FIVE

Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 3:00pm by

To celebrate the release of Sick of it All’s awesome new album, Based on a True Story, we asked SOIA vocalist Lou Koller to compile the definitive list of quintessential hardcore albums. Luckily for us and all of you, he agreed! So we’ll be running one entry a day from Lou’s list of the top-ten (+1) hardcore records of all time for the next couple of weeks. You can read his first installment here, his second installment here, and his third installment here, and his fourth installment here; the fifth one is after the jump…

Sheer Terror, Just Can’t Hate Enough

To me, hardcore is the bastard child of punk and metal. And many bands have perfected that style to great success – most notably Hatebreed. But I’m gonna tell you all about one of the bands that influenced the bands like Hatebreed: Sheer Terror. They were negative, loud, and heavy as hell. There was something so primitive about the music that it touched your most base feelings and made you want to smash everything around you. Whenever I have a bad day, I still put on this CD, and it just makes me feel better that I’m not alone in my misery. Combining hardcore urgency with doom metal riffs, these guys stood alone at any show they played. This album has some of their all time classics:  ”Here To Stay,” “Owe You Nothing,” “Twisting and Turning” and the title track are violently heavy! Don’t overlook these guys.

Later,

Lou

Based on a True Story is out now on Century Media. Visit Sick of it All on MySpace for tour dates and all the latest news from the band.

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  • http://heavystreet.com Sat

    I wonder is the album title was a piss take on Depeche Modes “Just cant get enough”. Anyway Paul Bearer was the quintessential hardcore vocalist, right up there with John Joseph, and H.R.

    • Genial Gentile

      Considering there’s a Cure cover on this album, you may be onto something.

  • Dysenteric

    Excellent stuff. Sheer Terror still puts bands like Hatebreed to shame.

  • Genial Gentile

    Once again….no question about it, this is essential.
    Guesses for some other finalists:

    Banned in DC
    Brightside
    Negative Approach EP

    I’d love to see Integrity on here but I’m not holding my breath.

    Any other guesses guys?

    any other guess

    • http://www.metalsucks.net/category/scraping-genius-off-the-wheel/ Gary Suarez

      If ‘Brightside’ isn’t on here, I’d be amazed, especially since Lou joined Killing Time onstage during their recent record release.

      • Genial Gentile

        My question is…will Slapshot get the nod?

        • stu1

          I highly doubt it.

    • Jason

      I keep thinking he might choose Leeway’s Born to Expire. IMO, that band changed hardcore because of they could play their instruments really well and had actual metalheads in the band not to mention the production, which was excellent. That made their sound really unique back in 1988. After BtE came out, the Cro-Mags and Agnostic Front both added metal elements and better production to their records.

  • David

    Meh…it’s a bit suprising to see how quickly history forgets…there were a few worthy ones that will probably not be mentioned…I was there, I remember:

    Blind Idiot God: signed by Ginn himself to SST records. Instrumental hardcore band with metal influences. Totally forgotten today I guess.

    Screwdriver: I thought this band was god for a few minutes/months, before it became known they were neo-nazi white power nut jobs. Still…their first album is unbelievably mind blowing, if you can stomach the politics (never could understand what they were saying).

    Youth of today: Signed by Kevin Seconds. So fast. So clean. So….republican?!?!

    Millions of Dead Cops/Children: “John Wayne was a Nazi” and other classics, signed by Biafra. Ron owned a skateboard shop in S.F. called Fogtown (later concrete jungle), used to hang out, and is/was a really cool guy. I’d kill for either a ‘Beast’ or ‘Board to Death’ deck today.

    • http://heavystreet.com Sat

      +1 for Youth Of Today drop. Break Down The Walls is a classic.

      • stu1

        Didn’t Ginn sign all the bands to SST?
        It’s “Skrewdriver” and that first record gets a lot of props.
        How did Kevin Seconds sign YOT to Rev?

  • FongChung

    Please add Animosity by Corrosion of Conformity and Sudden Death Overtime by Slapshot. The next flannel shirt wearing, douchey hipster XXX kid who mentions the Cro Mags or Agnostic Front will make me scream. I like those two bands, but you little assholes totally ruined them for me.

    • KC

      If the fact that some hipsters like those bands ruined them for you, you probably need to evaluate how big of a fan of theirs you truly are/were.

      I do agree with the need of Slapshot on this list though. I wasn’t expecting Sheer Terror. I agree with their inclusion though, I just always think of Leeway first when it comes to blending metal and hardcore together. Probably because I was more into Leeway’s albums at the time.

      • FongChung

        How big of a fan of those bands I was? Quite possibly a huge fan way before the Reign Supreme’s and Trapped Unda Ice’s came out and started jocking those bands nuts. I do enjoy the snotty opinion on this site! So it keep comin KC! Where’s my flannel shirt and weights?

        • stu1

          So, the fact that the “kids” like some great bands makes you like the bands less?
          I also don’t think Sudden Death Overtime cuts the mustard as a timeless HC record.

  • http://myspace.com/killthings373 Brundlefly

    This series is going great but if vod – vod isn’t on this soon I’m going to shitt blood,I’m sure.

    • mr lun

      classic hardcore: sheer terror, black flag, agnostic front, discharge and.. VOD.

      yeah, that makes total sense.

      • FongChung

        Bwahahahaha VOD makes your list? LOL!!! Oh my god that band was never really a hardcore band to begin with. Classic hardcore: Slapshot, Negative Approach, Jerrys Kids, old COC, DRI.

    • stu1

      Band was terrible.

  • Rev. Dom

    Holy shit, my man just through down the gauntlet by posting some Sheer Terror. Hands down my favorite band of all time. You never see anybody talking about them any more, which is a shame. Classic, Celtic Frost-ish riffs, great vocals and deep, powerful lyrics. I know people that used to say they were the first emo band (hahaha) because of Bearer’s open hearted sensitivity. Thank you, Lou, for making an old hardcore junkie happy.

  • RL67

    H2O self titled
    gorilla bis self titled
    Riot Riot Agnostic Front
    set it off Madball

    nyhc fo life

  • RL67

    Murphy’s Law ::back with a bong::

    CLASSIC

  • RL67

    Slapshot Boston Hardcore

    DRI <~ before my time but fast fast fast

  • Lou SOIA

    Hey a lot of you will be disappointed, but like I said in the first installment there isn’t enough room on here for all the albums that should be on here. I had to take in world wide influence, not just favorites from my youth. But as I read your comments I like ” damn how could I forget that one!” ha ha ha Hope you like what’s coming up! I’m sure you’ll let me know if you don’t ha ha

  • Dan

    i have to disagree in the hardcore child of punk and metal. for me its more like hardcore its the evil son of punk who later fucked metal in the ass and made a bastard child called crossover. haha